A Guide to the Ancient Olympics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- How would you plan a visit to the ancient Olympic Games? Where would you eat and sleep? Which events would be exciting to watch, and which could be safely skipped?
For much more on the ancient Olympics and ancient athletics, check out my book “Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans."
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0:00 Introduction
0:31 Ancient and Modern Olympics
2:05 Ancient Olympics of special interest
2:44 The Sanctuary at Olympia
3:12 The Experience of the Ancient Olympics
3:59 Using your time wisely
4:35 The chariot race
5:23 Track and field events
5:59 Wrestling
6:50 Boxing
7:22 Pankration
8:22 Conclusion
Thanks for watching!
this is legit the cutting edge of history content on yt
Sooooo true. I wish school could arouse my interest like this channel
Reminds me of The History channel before the history aspect became history... Ya know, before shows like Monster Quest.. Rarrrrh! And Hairy Bikers.. Der!
Yep, there are very few channels that have managed Roman history well after Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast.
@@joshallen4848 hairy bikers? wtf is that
Are you his boy lover?Is he running Pedestry up on you Joffrey?
So they already had the equivalent of F1 and UFC? I love how we as human are consistent in the things we like watching
No way dude. NASCAR 100%
We love watching repressed scared people fight like caged animals and act like anything else for our own comfort. Our species is awesome.
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@@jacksonconstable8331 well he's right. Chariot racing is a lot more like NASCAR - oval track and lots of contact!
There aren't many people who can pull off delivering humor as a documentary. Well done.
Another example would be: "the high-pitched Neanderthal theory"
The hypothetical perspective of a time traveler helps trigger my imagination. I also really appreciate that you made videos explaining Roman wages and the relative buying power of a given amount of their currency.
Keep it up, this is my favorite channel for Roman History!
Man, the strategy of immediately trying to break your opponents fingers is scummy but I imagine quite effective.
I can attest to the effectiveness. I have never lost a game of mini golf with this strategy
"Imagine yourself at the ancient Olympics..." OMG, I'm naked, and that giant reaching for my jewels must be Milo of Kroton! Curse you toldinstone, I'm not imagining this going well at all, how do you say "HELP!" in Greek?
I wouldn't know, its all Greek to me
Voithia
12 centuries! What a whopping run
Only closed down once the Roman Empire banned Pagan religion... :-/
6:50 still a legit move in grappling and combat sports today. Most people call this move Drop Seoi Nage as they assume it comes from Japan. Interesting how this is thought of as a Judo throwing technique but here it is being used in Wrestling. Just shows how sophisticated these combat athletes were. Amazing video 🤙
It's Ippon-Zeoi in sumo, as well. They don't come from anywhere i think, it's just the ways in which humans grapple and different cultures named them differently
Goddamn imagine using double underhooks and just dominating everyone
I just want remind that as important as Olympic were Pythian games in anciet Greece! recently I was in Delphi with my camera 🎥❤
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I saw, beautiful 😍🌹
@@shantirelaxingmusic5285 Thanks
I’ve been to the ancient stadium track in Delphi, as well! It’s a very humbling experience to run on the same field athletes have been competing on for nearly three thousand years.
Day 2: *"C'mon, people only watch this stuff to see a chariot crash..."*
underrated comment
Ok I usually don’t comment twice but the way he said “discouraged” with every letter perfectly annunciated reeked of academic disdain. Top 10 told in stone moments for sure
This channel should have 10 times as many subscribers. C'mon TH-cam, make this happen.
Milo of Croton is extremely famous to anyone who has ever lifted weights: He discovered Progressive Overload (in his legend, anyway)
Relatively new subscriber, fellow nerd and lover of all things Greek and Roman. Just want to say thanks for making fun, low-key, informative content.
Dear toldinstone, your time travelers guide videos are incredible. Please keep making them when you can. i cant get enough of them, thank you
Outstanding. I always count the days till your next post! One more month till your book is out… For those who might not know, the ubiquitous abbreviation “gym” originates from the Greek word “gymnos” meaning naked. Think of that when preparing your sports gear for a workout..
Best history channel on TH-cam
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This channel deserves to have millions of followers. It’s the way the the content is presented. He’s a good guy, you can just tell.
I love your work
The best 9 minutes of my day ... !
What i always wondered about the ancient Romans is how much view they had into their own past. Did they have any interest in 'history'. Did that word even exist. Did they know about historical events much older than themselves that we have completely lost. Or did they on the contrary only know a few centuries before their time ?
They certainly did seem to have an interest in the history of themselves. For one, they kept highly accurate list of all the Consuls which even goes to the end of the 6th century when the Republic began. As for proper histories, we know that one of the earliest was by Cato the Elder (234-149 B.C) who wrote a history that was unique in that it covered the ancient histories of not just Rome, but of many city states throughout Italy. This has, however, been lost to time.
Some historians who cover the history of Rome from 500+ years before their time would include the famous Livy, and the more obscure Dionysius of Halicarnassus, historians are mixed as to how accurate their account of early Rome is as the shroud of legend and loss of records made the early history fairly obscure even to the Romans of the late republic/early empire.
Part of the problem is we believe many of the ancient records of Rome were burned when the Gauls sacked Rome in 390 B.C.
So to sum it all up, the Romans were definitely interested in history to a great deal (They wrote a great number of history books) but their knowledge in regards to their own history in it's earliest days was definitely vague and myth-infused.
(And yes, the word "history" as far as I'm aware, is from the Latin word "Historia" so it certainly did exist in those days)
I hope this helps a bit!
How do you think we know about ancient history with such details? With the help of Roman historians
i don't know latin, but the word for history and story are the same in Spanish
@@LutaKura History is originally greek
@@BoxStudioExecutive its also used in latin
12th century’s of Olympics is an incredibly long time damn
And some are surprised modern Olympics are 125 years old!
If I could time travel I would travel there for the events and travel home to sleep and eat, AND shower.
Forget doping scandals: the ancient Olympics once had a cannibal/werewolf scandal...
Oh, yeah, the Arcadian. How was that a scandal? Lots envy, though.
I am very happy to have found your channel it is a gem among gems of TH-cam history channels. Keep up the good work my friend. 👍
I’m so glad I found your channel right before I took my first trip into the past! My odds of surviving have increased dramatically! Woohoo!
Best TH-cam channel making content on ancient history
Mark Wildman's channel touches on physique and the specific kinds of training that the ancient world did, hence why we see the way the builds were of ancient people in statues. It would be an interesting collab with you both to see his insight as a fitness trainer, and your in depth understanding of historical context to do a deep dive on the builds of the Greeks and Romans
This is the kind of stuff you wish you could get on the History channel. instead we get the Pawn Stars Network.
This channel rocks, keep it up, this content is pure gold !!!
Definitely the type of classics I’m looking for
0:03 - I walked through that arch in 2016, it was AWESOME to be at the place of the original Olympics!
I love history and I love your channel Dr. Ryan. I also pre-ordered your book: Naked statues and fat gladiators.I know I will devour it as soon as I get it. Can't wait. And thank you for teaching us history geeks all those incredible things from the Classical period.
How can 1 youtuber be so based? Thank you.
Also im enjoying your bright orange book (it helps me find it when i leave it laying around) very very much.
You're the Best Dr. Ryan! Cheers!
Excellent program, as always.
I love this series. Please keep going!!
I really like your videos . Thanks for taking the time to do these - I know they aren’t easy .
This is 100% my favorite channel. I hope you continue to make content for a long time. I’ll always be here watching! ❤️
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Man I love this channel. I hope you enjoy all of the success.
You're kind of a time traveler toldinstone 😎 where you hiding the delorean lol love your vids and research 👍
Excellent, comme toujours, bravo Garreett
It's so satisfying to finally have so many details of ancient cultural history answered.
Top notch history content! I love it
Great video as always!!!
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Great video, i just watched the other 3 episodes
Fascinating channel!
As a time traveler, I think I will be attending most of the combat sports. Thank you!
It seems your history videos focus on ancient rome and greece but it would be amazing to expand to other civilizations or time periods with the time traveler perspective. The whole time traveler's guide concept is fantastic and should keep going!
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thanks to you Sir I think about Nero and his 10 horses in the 4 horse chariot races !
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Im looking forward to seeing more, byfar the most interesting concept on youtube TO DATE.
*_I PRE ORDERED YOUR BOOK ON AMAZON. I HOPE WATCHING ALL YOUR VIDEOS WON'T SPOIL IT._*
You the teacher I wish I had in school
Aleksandr Karelin Vs Milo of Croton could have been the greatest match up of all time, shame they lived 2600 years apart.
So glad I found this channel a while ago - it's become a great guide for my own videos - thank you!
Implementing a return to the naked Olympics might just get me to care about the Olympics again.
As a runner, I really wish we could know the sort of times they were running back then!
Must be awesome seeing this for real tbh.
This part 2(?) of the time travelers guide has been long overdue.
Brilliant
So they held the Do or Die (literally) chariot races on the 2nd day, and the Mixed Grill BBQ (sacrifice) on the 3rd? Have a feeling I know what the majority of the meat was at the BBQ. As usual, sir, brilliant video. Now I know what days to aim for in the future (sorry, Past) :)
Got your book
Eventually, time travel will be invented, and these videos will be what we use before diving into the next dimension
The 1st time traveler will be the craziest person they could find to try the device that week.
Really enjoyed this!
But one has to note ...
The Olympics evolved and changed. Thucydides notes that within his 5th century BCE memory, competitors at Olympia still wore loincloths. Going nude was a Spartan fashion that caught on. The length of the festival was between 3 and 9 days at different times. This is because the roster of events kept growing.
Olympia kept changing. There are at least 3 major versions. The reconstruction you visit today is the Roman and late Hellenistic, Olympia III. It's major changes like building a temple where the hippodrome entry used to be sort of thing. The covered entry to the stadium, for example, is an addition of III. It wouldn't be there in 350 BCE.
Women, of certain kinds, could attend. See my reply below. Pausanias covers this in his two chapters dedicated to Olympia. People who say otherwise aren't doing proper primary source research. I suspect you are using secondary or tertiary sources here.
Part of the fun at Olympia's hippodrome is that there was a demon, Taraxippos, the Horse Scarer, only the horses could see. When it came out, teams would start panicking and they were lucky if three chariots finished.
Now, for the lady time traveller, how about shopping in Rome? Or spa day at the Baths of Caracalla?
"The practical time traveler" - is there any other kind?
thx for this sidereal adjunct to the time traveler's series--an ancient game w/holy origins . . .
Your channel is a goldmine. Classical Greece > ancient rome >:)
Wow, a few rosy illusions shattered.
you had me at naked gladiators.
or was that statues
The greatest Roman content on the web.
So bring Imodium for the 3rd day. Gotcha.
Great video as always! but what about Cynisca of Sparta? 1:11
Or the sisters who competed, and one won the armoured foot race.
There isn't room for nuance in a short video. But at every Olympian Games there was a seat for the priestess of Demeter, who was a married woman. It was like a marble throne set into the slope. A virgin could attend, which pretty much meant a Dorian girl, because all the Ionian and Attikaean ones were married at ten or eleven. That's because a virgin is a pallas, a nonbinary category. Think of them as honorary young men.
And of course female slaves could attend because slaves didn't fall under restrictions for full human beings.
I spent some 30 seconds staring at the entrance to the stadium at Olympia, until I realized the video was paused.
The subtitles are more interesting than the video ...seriously its magical
original Olympiad, where serius true professionals pushed it to the limits.I wish i could see that........damn
Short and clear - nice presentation - thanks for your effort.
At 1:40 "Network television ..." = LOL!
And at 4:00 I think it is "barbeCue" - but don't take it personally pls.
For women, are there beard vendors on site?
"Are there any WOMEN here today?"
I'm curious about one thing. From the time of Augustus onwards, how common was it for Romans to attend the games? It must have seemed pretty tame to what they could watch for free in the Flavian Amphitheatre for example. And I imagine the average upper class Roman who could afford to travel baulking at 'primitive latrines' and no baths. And, to quote Agrippina in "I Claudius" - "I don't know, I'm just not comfortable with all this nudity".
We don't know about the numbers of Romans who traveled to Olympia, but in general the Romans never really took to Greek athletics - not least, as you suggest, because they just weren't as exciting as Roman-style gladiatorial matches and chariot races. Nero celebrated the Neronia festival in Rome twice, each time with both athletic and artistic events inspired by Greek models. These failed to survive Nero himself, but Domitian's Capitoline Greek Games (held in the stadium that would eventually become the Piazza Navona) proved more durable. As far as we can tell, however, they were never very popular.
@@toldinstone Much as I suspected. The Romans would have loved the Super Bowl. Cricket at Lord's, not so much.
This reminds me of Olympia Kyklos.
Crude latrines.. Sounds good to me!
I wonder how modern day boxers would fair against the boxers of the ancient Olympics.
@@harorider96 It's a myth that everyone was really small in past centuries, they weren't necessarily that different to now
@@harorider96 you do know we have weight classes today
Mr fingertips sounds like an absolute legend
Nothing wrong with a bit of intestine on a stick!
The IOC should return to these roots to somewhat repair their reputation.
I’m sure the ancient games never went $20+ billion over budget either
The stall food would be great we'll except for field mice in fish sauce 🤣🤣
Can you explain the Olympia in Greece and Olympos valley and Mt Chimera in SW Turkey, formerly Lycia? There is a flame that has been burning for thousands of years -- close enough to qualify as "eternal" at Mt Chimera and would be the source of the fire that burns throughout the games
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chimaera
I wonder how popular the games where in ancient times?
Don't forget the Pankration that was won by a dead man!
Oh boy cart racing and the combat sports like they where held in these times would be the most popular sports if practiced like that today.
If there were somehow a way to make full-speed chariot races less dangerous for both man and horse, I think they would still be extremely popular in the modern age. It would be exciting and fascinating.
That image throughout the 2min mark confused me. Where would the main visitors gate be today? And wouldn't the road going beside the stadium on top of the hill be covering some ruins?
What are you saying!? Tripe [intestines] barbecue is good if done right!!
Mr. Fingertips scares the daylight out of me.
Now I know why they got rid of leap frog from the Olympics !!🤣
..."a nudist Kentucky derby "...🤪🤣🤣🤣